Molasses Spill Tragedy
The whole North End of Boston was flooded and destroyed
As Fast As Molasses?
Thats not the sang we know but in Boston they say otherwise. At the North End of Boston a tragedy has struck, A molasses tank made by the U.S.I.A. was not sturdy enough to hold all the molasses that the workers put in the tank that caused all of this mess.
The tank was built poorly
The effect was the molasses tank broke open and flooded the poor helpless North End of Boston.
The Malasses Flooded Boston
In result of that 21 people died from the flood and 150 people were injured.
Anthony was out and about
That led to the molasses covering him when the molasses came to town and it was hard to get off of people.
An eye-witness
A young boy by the name of Anthony was walking home to his house when the tragedy happened. Anthony was saved by a firefighter that thought he would never make it. But eventually Anthony was in the hospital waking up to see his beloved family again after what had happened.
The Big Mistake
In World War I molasses was used in bombs so the USIA (United States Industry Alcohol) built a tank to hold molasses. The tank was built poorly and in 1919 it finally just burst open and destroyed the hole town of Boston